Mixed messages.

It's hard for teens to avoid exposure to drug and alcohol use in the TV shows and movies they watch--and in the songs they listen to. About one-third of the top-selling songs of 2005 mentioned alcohol or drugs, according to research presented at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting.

Songs in each type of music studied
that mention drugs or alcohol:

Rap           77%
Country       37%
R&B/Hip-hop   20%
Rock          14%
Pop            9%

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Source: B.A. Primack, M. Carroll, A. Agarwal:
"Content analysis of references to substances to
substance abuse in popular music." Presented at the
American Public Health Association's 135th Annual
Meeting & Expo, Washington, D.C. Nov. 7, 2007.